Enriching Diversity

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Women have to work 77 more days a year to meet a man’s annual income. This so-called “gender pay gap” of 21% results when you compare the average salary of all women with those of men. Alongside this so-called non-adjusted figure there is an adjusted figure. It quantifies the gap between the income of men and women with comparable experience, tasks and working hours. In this instance the difference is 8%.

From a foreign policy of states towards a foreign policy of societies: In a world of upheaval, things rearrange. How can the Foreign Office - working together with foundations - achieve better and more stable results? That is the topic of a strategic dialogue between both sides.

With a monthly child allowance, the state specifically promotes families – pre-school childcare provision has been broadenedVetta/Getty Images

32.6 m

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is the number of employees subject to mandatory social insurance contributions that the Federal Employment Agency counted in December 2017. This equates to 75 to 80 percent of all employees. The figure does not include those not subject to mandatory social insurance contributions, i.e. civil servants, the self-employed, unpaid family workers, and mini-jobbers.

Germany has become a popular destination for immigrants; integration is an important topic. There are 18.6 million people with a migratory background living here.

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Shell Youth Study

What makes young people in Germany “tick”? What is im-portant to them, how do they spend their spare time, what is their relationship like to their parents and friends? Since 1953 the oil-and-gas company Shell has regularly commissioned independent research institutes to paint a portrait of young people. The 17th Shell Youth Study was published in 2015. → shell.de/aboutshell/our- commitment/shell-youth-study.html

Minorities, some of them born here, all of them people who now live, work and think, here, want to be accepted and have their voices heard. That should be a matter of course - but it isn’t. Various interest groups are calling for more diversity in public life, united under the roof of the Neue Deutsche Organisationen, or New German Organisations. At their Second Congress, they again took a long hard look at Germany.

„Germany will live up to its international responsibilities...“ These words, and additional funding of 400 million euros, are how the German lower house of parliament is responding to the emergency in international crisis regions. Most of that funding will be spent on humanitarian aid.